Improvement in tools for capping and uncapping cartridges



I. & C. ZAMBONL TOOLS FOR CAPPING Am UNCAPPING CARTRIDGES.

No.180,305. Patented July. 25.1876.

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ISIDORO ZAMBONI AND CARLO ZAMBONI, OF OWATONNA, MINNESOTA.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOOLS FOR CAPPING AND UNCAPPING CARTRIDGES.

Specification forming part of Letters PatentNo. 180,305, dated July 25, 1876;app1ication filed May 2 7, 1876.

.nal section of the same, shown in position for recapping the shell. Fig. 3 is a cross-section of the same, and Fig. 4 is a detail view of the stem. Y

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts.

The special object of our invention is to fur:

nish an improved device for removing the exploded cap from a cartridge-shell for breechloading shot-guns, and recapping and-reload ing the shells, which shall be simple in construction and convenient in use.

Our invention consists in the device formed of the semi-cylindrical, plate, provided with.

the ribs; the disk, provided with the screw, the

- pins, and the notch; the bent lever and the -slotted stem, provided with the pivotedblock,

having recesses formed in its ends, and having a needle attachedto one of said recessed ends, as hereinafter fully described.

in the annexed drawing, A is a semi-cylind-ricalplate, one end of which is closed with a disk, B, made solid with said plate A. Upon the inner-surface ot' the plate A. are formed two semi-ringribs, a, of a thickness equal to I .the projection of'the cartridge-rim, so that the cartridge-shell may be-"pa'rallel. with said plate'when laid in it. In thedisk B, in line ,with the axis of the shell when laid in plate .A, is formed ascrewh ole, in to which is screwed a screw, b, to press thecap upon the nipple of the shell, and which may beturned in or out should the thickness of the shells or caps vary.- To theiinner side of the disk B are attached two pins, o for the rim ot, the shell to-rest upon while the exploded cap' is being 'letach'edg 'saidcap beingpushed out through anotch, b, in the upper edge of the said disk B. To the other end of the plate A is hinged.

the end of the short arm of a bent lever, G,

the long arm of which may be made of wood projection of the nipple oi the shell.

, off" said nipple.

or metal, and serves as a lever for operating the stem 1), and has its outer end enlarged, I

to adapt it to serve as a ramrod for ramming the wads into the shell in loading it. To the middle part of the short arm of the lever O ishinged the stem D, the forward end of which is enlarged, and is slotted longitudinally to receive the block al The block d is pivoted at its center to the arms or forks of the'stem D, and in its ends are formed recesses d of sufficient size and depth to receive the inward- To one end of'the pivoted .bloek d, in the center of its recess d is attached a needle, d of such a size as to'pass through the perforation of the nipple of the shell, and push the exploded cap The needle. a may or may not be used, as may be desired.

In using the device the shell is placed upon the stem D, and is lowered until its rim rests upon the pins 11'. The lever Gis then operated to force the needle (1 through the pert'oration of the nipple of the shell, forcing the exploded cap'oif said nipple, and out through the notch 11 of the disk B. The shell ,isremoved from thestem D, the block al is -reversed, the shell is replaced, a fresh cap is placed upon the nipple of the shell, and-theshell is lowered into the cavity of the plate-A.

The lever!) is then operated to press the shell forward with such force that the screw 1) may,

force the cap into place upon the nipple of the shell, Theshell is then removed, the ammunition is put into it, the wide being rammeddown with the'end of the lever 0.

Having thus described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Let. ters Patent, is

The device formed of the semi-cylindrical plate A, provided with the ribs a;-the disk B, provided with the screw b the pins b and the notch b the bent lever Q and the slotted stein D, provided with the, pivoted block (1 having recesses 11 formed in its ends, and hav-' inga needle, d attached--to one of said re cessed ends, substantially'as herein shown and described.

ISIIJORO ZAMBONL GARLO ZAMBONI. j Witnesses: 1

Tnos. THOMPSON, E. -A. TYLER. 

